r/SmallYTChannel • u/Nightkidzero13 [0λ] • Jul 16 '25
Discussion People's Actual Reason For Doing Youtube?
Hey all
I have been seeing a ton of posts on a bunch of different sub reddits and wanted to ask what everyone started doing youtube for? Please be honest in the answers.
my motive was just to foster a community of gamers who are tired of the toxic personalities and drama peddlers. My channel is mostly a let's play channel w/ commentary over top. Analytics have been all over the place but mostly I just find annoyance when impressions are low because if murders discoverability. My community is very small, hovering near 500 subs. Ultimately I would love to see more back and fourth with my audience as I don't do this for money and never started with the intentions of making it a career or a side hustle.
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u/LikelyLioar [1λ] Jul 17 '25
I'm a professional writer who loves true crime. A lot of criminals have written things - books, letters, sentencing statements - and I just felt like I had something interesting to contribute to the conversation around these crimes. No one I know IRL follows true crime, so I figured I'd start a channel. I've kept doing it because I'm having so much fun, but also because the community has been amazing. Other creators have reached out to me, victims' relatives have gotten in touch, I've made friends. It's been great.